Saint Emma of Lesum

 For the past few weeks, we have been learning about saints. We had to choose a saint to do some research on and I chose Saint Emma of Lesum because she was always doing everything she could for the poor. I drew a picture of her and surrounded her with words that describe her. Next, I wrote a prayer for her and decorated it. I enjoyed drawing her but found it hard to find lots of information because she lived a long time ago. I would be very grateful if you comment on anything you like about my work.

Is Mr Wolf Guilty

 This week we were learning to talk about perspectives. As an activity, we wrote three reasons why the wolf from little red riding hood is guilty or innocent of first-degree murder. I think he's innocent because he didn't kill anyone. I enjoyed finding reasons why he's innocent but found it hard to make it seem like little red riding hood is guilty. Please comment on anything you like about my work and whether you think he's guilty or innocent.

Happy Father's Day

 Today is Father's day, a day to celebrate dads,uncles and granddads. As a gift for my dad  I made pop up box  with inside a smiley face. I love arts and crafts and so making this wasn't a struggle and I really enjoyed it. I found it hard to make my smiley pop up as soon as the box was opened. I think that giving to my dad was wonderfull because I think he really liked it. What did you give your dad for Fathers Day?

Welcome To the Olympic's!

 This week for reading we have been learning all about the olympics and it's history. As our activety we had to create a set of slides all about the olympics and it's history. I enjoyed learning about who created the olympics and why and learning more about the ancient olympics and what they were like but find difficult to find information about the opening ceremony because its different every year.What do you know about the olympics?

How High Will it Fly?

 Today we are going to launch a aquarocket into the air and beforehand have to estimate what will happen why and how high it will fly. I think that rocket will build up water pressure and launch into the air at around 50 to 55 feet high. Here's a piece of writing to explain the process of launching a water rocket using an aquapod.

Do you know how to launch a Rocket? Today I will be explaining how to launch and aquapod rocket. An aquapod is an orange platform used to launch a water rocket.

First you have to fill your bottle 1 third with water and then you have to attach it to the aquapod by holding the aquaod upside down and screwing the bottle onto the valve with a rubber seal to stop the water from leaking.

Secondly you have to attach an air pump to another valve on aquapod mechanism and then you have to pump air into the bottle to create air pressure.

Finally you have to pull the string to release  launch mechanism that will release the air pressure and as it does it creates force allow the water rocket to launch into the air. 

In this piece of writing I have explained how to launch a water rocket using an aquapod.

Here's a link to the video of the lift of.

Mini golf Area

This week we have been learning how to find the area and perimeter of a square or rectangle. To practise this we had to design and measure our own mini golf course. I enjoyed designing my mini golf course and I also liked learning how to find the area although it was rather challenging at first. Next time if I had gotten a little more time I would have liked to add a bit more curves and obstacles to make it more complicated. Have you ever played mini golf?

Matariki with Scratch

For Matariki my class has been learning how to code using Scratch.First we had to choose our character and a backdrop. Then we could get coding.

 I really enjoyed getting to choose my character and learning how to use all the different buttons on scratch. I did find using the buttons to navigate very difficult and challenging because you have navigate using numbers. 

I also learned  how to change backdrops, add characters and and make those characters move. I think that if I had gotten some more time I would have added more scenes where my sprite finds more stars for the matariki cluster.Although my project isn't finished I hope you will enjoy it.

The Most Amazing Authors Purpose Ever

 With Matariki just around the corner for our learn,create, share we were learning about matariki.My digital learning object shows my author's purpose and tells you a little about each story. I enjoyed reading about matariki but found it challenging to write my summary.Do you know what an author's purpose is?

The Great Home Learning Art Competition.

 Last week our school held a contest for next year's art that would go on the home learning book covers. They haven’t announced the winner yet but I hope it’s me.My digital learning object shows my artwork for the competition. It includes the 4 house colours and a quote for each saint. The school motto is also included along with the school logo.I enjoyed drawing and outlining my artwork but found it challenging to come up with ideas for my artwork.Have you ever taken part in an art contest?

The Amazing Fossil fuels

 This week we have been learning about fossil fuels, what they are and how we use them because these fuels are non replaceable and take millions of years to form.My digital learning object shows a selection of slides about our experiment, what we did,what the results were and why we did the experiment.The self assessment shows if we were successful or not.I enjoyed writing in the results on my chromebook and what my science slide show is about.I found it challenging to do the experiment itself because it was rather difficult.Do you know what fossil fuels are?Here’s a link to the video that gave me information.

The Incredible Synthesis

This week I have been learning about how to write a synthesis with information about what we had read. My digital learning object shows my synthesis of the story called 'For The Ancestors'. It was spread out for about 3 days. On Tuesday we wrote what we already knew, on Wednesday we wrote what we had learnt and on Friday we had to write what we now understood. I really enjoyed learning about Samoan culture but found it challenging to write my synthesis because it was very complicated. Do you know how to write a synthesis?

The most Amazing Samoan Art Ever

 This week is samoan language week and for one of my tasks I had to make some samoan art. I looked online for some ideas and decided what I was going to do.My digital learning object shows me holding my artwork which I drew using pencil and then a sharpie.I enjoyed drawing my artwork and making pop.I found it challenging to choose a design to draw because there is such a variant.Have you ever made samoan art before ?Here's a link to the video that helped me.

The Incredible Samaon Translation

This week is samoan language week and so as our homework we have a selection of tasks and one of these tasks was to write a samoan to english translation of some basic phrases.My digital learning objects show my google drawing of my translation with a colourful background.I enjoyed writing the translation’s on my google drawing but found it challenging to find the correct translation. Can you say something in samoan?

How to Create the Perfect Covenant Song

This week we have been learning about covenants with God from the old testament because a covenant is often mistaken for an agreement.My best friend Emma and I decided to write a song about what a covenant 

is and why it’s important in the old testament.For my digital learning object I wrote our song text.My digital learning object show’s my song in action with me and my friend singing the lyrics and some background music playing that we got from wevideo.I found it hard to write the verses about some special covenants that people had with god. Next time I would change some of the lyrics so they made more sense.Do you know any covenants that people had with god?Here’s  a link to the video I used that gave me information about what a covenant is, maybe it can teach you something too.

The Best Samoan Prayer ever!

 This week is samoan language week and we have been given a set of tasks to work on throughout the week and today I started off with writing a prayer in samoan. First I watched a video about samoan prayer phrases and then put together my own prayer.For my digital learning object I have added video of me saying the prayer in samoan and I have also added my prayer to the bottom of this page.I really enjoyed writing the prayer using the lines I learned in the video but did find it a challenge to pronounce all the words correctly.Can you say a prayer in samoan?Here’s a link to the video I used that helped me.

Le tama pele o i le lagi

Ou te fa’afetai mo leine aso

Matou te fa’afetai atu lou afio mo lou alofa

I le suafa o lesu keriso, amene

My fantastic goal setting

 This term we had to write our goal setting.A goal setting is a piece of paper that we write our goals on.You have 4 goals, a religious goal, a social goal, a academic goal and a learning disposition goal. These goals will guide us through next term. My main goal for next term is to become a better person and role model.Scroll down and take a look.

Happy saint patricks day

 Today we are learning about saint patrick the patron saint of ireland because today is saint patrick's day. I enjoyed finding out facts about this incredible saint because he has quite a history. I found it challenging to write out the facts in my own words.My poster shows the result of my research

We Are Learning Heroes!

 This week we were learning about being super learners because it is important to know what we are learning and why.As my digital learning object I made myself as a superhero because it shows that I'm a super learner.I enjoyed putting myself in to fun superhero clothes and accessories.I found it challenging to pick an animal side kick to fit my theme

What do you know about the treaty of waitangi ?

This Week I learned about the treaty of waitangi and how to write 10 facts about because the treaty of waitangi is one of Aotearoa's most important documents and is important to remember and praise because because it was new zealand's founding document.My digital learning object shows 10 facts about the treaty and who and when it was signed.I really enjoyed researching the treaty and found it challenging to write down 10 interesting facts about the treaty. Next time I would change some of my facts to make them more interesting.